Weidong Zhai

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Weidong Zhai is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Weidong Zhai has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Oceanography, 27 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Weidong Zhai's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (83 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (55 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (39 papers). Weidong Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (83 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (55 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (39 papers). Weidong Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Taiwan. Weidong Zhai's co-authors include Minhan Dai, Wei‐Jun Cai, Xianghui Guo, Yongchen Wang, Lifang Wang, Steven E. Lohrenz, Chen‐Tung Arthur Chen, Nan Zheng, Huade Zhao and Y. Jun Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Weidong Zhai

108 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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Acidification of subsurface coastal waters enhanced by eutrophication

2011 908 citations Wei‐Jun Cai, Weidong Zhai et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weidong Zhai

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A stable-carbon-isotope-based constraint of bulk particulate organic carbon dynamics and budgets in the Yellow Sea: Combining field surveys and isotope fractionation modeling 2025 ·Progress In Oceanography ·Congcong Guo, (unknown), (unknown), Qianqian Liu, Zhengyu Liu, Weidong Zhai	0
2	Combining summertime freshwater inputs and oxygen consumption impacts on coastal low aragonite saturation state: Case of the Pearl River Estuary, South China 2025 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), Weidong Zhai	1
3	On the plastic deformation mechanism of Al0.6CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy: In-situ EBSD study and crystal plasticity modeling 2024 ·Materials Science and Engineering A ·(unknown), (unknown), Wenjie Zhang, (unknown), Xianfeng Ma, Yaojun Li, Weidong Zhai, Jingyu Zhong, Shuai Wang	12
4	In-situ study on the microstructure and cracking behavior of annealed Cr coated Zr-4 alloy 2024 ·Materials Letters ·Shuai Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Jishen Jiang, (unknown), (unknown), Weidong Zhai	1
5	Pacific Ocean–originated anthropogenic carbon and its long-term variations in the South China Sea 2024 ·Science Advances ·(unknown), Zhimian Cao, Zhiqiang Liu, Weidong Zhai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jianping Gan, Minhan Dai	2
6	Exploring contribution of phytoplankton cell death to settleable particulate organic carbon in the East China Sea in spring 2024 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Yanyan Wang, Weidong Zhai, Chi Wu, (unknown), Xianzhe Gong	3
7	Nutrient dynamics in the Bohai and North Yellow seas from seasonal to decadal scales: Unveiling Bohai Sea eutrophication mitigation in the 2010s 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Weidong Zhai	18
8	A nitrate budget of the Bohai Sea based on an isotope mass balance model 2022 ·Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Birgit Gaye, Jianhui Tang, Yongming Luo, (unknown), Niko Lahajnar, Kirstin Dähnke, Tina Sanders, Tianqi Xiong, Weidong Zhai, Kay‐Christian Emeis	12
9	Transcriptomic evidences for microbial carbon and nitrogen cycles in the deoxygenated seawaters of Bohai Sea 2021 ·Environment International ·Han Yu, (unknown), Xiaofeng Chen, Weidong Zhai, Ehui Tan, Kai Tang	19
10	A reactive nitrogen budget of the Bohai Sea based on an isotope massbalance model 2020 ·(unknown), Birgit Gaye, Jianhui Tang, Yongming Luo, (unknown), Niko Lahajnar, Kirstin Dähnke, Tina Sanders, Tianqi Xiong, Weidong Zhai, Kay‐Christian Emeis	2
11	Evolution of Microstructure at the Surface of 40CrNiMo7 Steel Treated by High-Current Pulsed Electron Beam 2020 ·Coatings ·Huihui Wang, Lianfu Li, Sen Qiu, Weidong Zhai, (unknown), Shengzhi Hao	10
12	Improving the understanding of central Bohai Sea eutrophication based on wintertime dissolved inorganic nutrient budgets: Roles of north Yellow Sea water intrusion and atmospheric nitrogen deposition 2020 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), Weidong Zhai, Lifang Wang, Tao Huang	51
13	Reviews and Syntheses: Ocean acidification and its potential impacts on marine ecosystems 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Khan M. G. Mostofa, Cong-Qiang Liu, Weidong Zhai, Marco Minella, Davide Vione, Kunshan Gao, Daisuke Minakata, Takemitsu Arakaki, Takahito Yoshioka, Kazuhide Hayakawa, Eiichi Konohira, Eiichiro Tanoue, Anirban Akhand, Abhra Chanda, Baoli Wang, Hiroshi Sakugawa	95
14	Air–sea CO ₂ fluxes in the East China Sea based on multiple-year underway observations 2015 ·Biogeosciences ·Xianghui Guo, Weidong Zhai, Minhan Dai, Chentao Zhang, Yan Bai, Y. Jun Xu, Q. Li, (unknown)	69
15	Enhanced methane emissions from oil and gas exploration areas to the atmosphere – The central Bohai Sea 2014 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Yong Zhang, Huade Zhao, Weidong Zhai, Kunpeng Zang, Juying Wang	25
16	Subsurface pH and carbonate saturation state of aragonite on the Chinese side of the North Yellow Sea: seasonal variations and controls 2014 ·Biogeosciences ·Weidong Zhai, Nan Zheng, (unknown), Y. Jun Xu, Huade Zhao, (unknown), Kunpeng Zang, (unknown), (unknown)	91
17	Seasonal variations of sea–air CO ₂ fluxes in the largest tropical marginal sea (South China Sea) based on multiple-year underway measurements 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·Weidong Zhai, Minhan Dai, (unknown), Xianghui Guo, Q. Li, Shaoling Shang, (unknown), Wei‐Jun Cai, (unknown)	76
18	Why are some marginal seas sources of atmospheric CO₂? 2013 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Minhan Dai, Zhimian Cao, Xianghui Guo, Weidong Zhai, Zhiyu Liu, Zhiqiang Yin, Yanping Xu, Jianping Gan, Jianyu Hu, Chuanjun Du	169
19	Subsurface low pH and carbonate saturation state of aragonite on China side of the North Yellow Sea: combined effects of global atmospheric CO ₂ increase, regional environmental changes, and local biogeochemical processes 2013 ·Weidong Zhai, Nan Zheng, (unknown), (unknown), Huade Zhao, (unknown), Kunpeng Zang, Junqiao Wang, (unknown)	6
20	Nitrification and inorganic nitrogen distribution in a large perturbed river/estuarine system: the Pearl River Estuary, China 2008 ·Biogeosciences ·Minhan Dai, Li Wang, Xianghui Guo, Weidong Zhai, Qing Li, Bo He, S.-J. Kao	236

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